Glove



May 3, 1955 w. SILVER ETAL GLOVE Filed Jan. 14, 1953 United .States Patent G GLOVE Wilfred Silver and Morris Richman, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Application January 14, 1953, Serial No. 331,168

1 Claim. (Cl. 2--159) This invention relates to glove construction.

An object of this invention is to provide a glove of improved appearance and tting and wearing qualities, such glove having back and front portions of suitable material each extending from the hand opening to approximately the linger tips, and a strip of contrastingy knitted material connecting said portions and extending continuously from the hand opening at one side of the glove to the hand opening at the opposite side of the glove.

The invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views of a glove in accordance with the invention, and

Figure 3 is a plan view of the front of the glove.

Referring to the drawing, the glove shown comprises a back portion 1 formed from a blank of suitable Inaterial such as leather and a front portion 2 formed from a somewhat similar blank of material such as leather but having a thumb section 3 wholly within the contines of such portion 2 and formed of the same material. Each portion 1 and 2 extends from the hand opening 4 to the nger tips of the glove, i. e., each portion is provided with complete back and front digits 1a and 2a, respectively.

The portions 1 and 2 are connected by a knitted strip 5 of wool or the like, which extends continuously from the hand opening at one side of the glove, along such side of the glove, around the ends and between the digits 1a and 2a, and along the other side of the glove to the hand opening on the latter side. The strip 5 may be stitched to the portions 1 and 2 as indicated at 6. The strip 5 is preferably knitted with longitudinally extending 2,707,283 Patented May 3, 1955 amt ribs 7 whereby it may be stretched transversely. The strip 5 is also preferably of uniform width throughout and is thus of convenient production. A satisfactory width of the strip, in unstretched condition, is one-half inch although this dimension may vary considerably. Preferably, however, it will not generally be less than Onequarter nor more than one inch in width.

The provision of the knitted strip 5 renders the glove stretchable in a transverse direction and thus ensures a neat fitting glove closely conforming to vthe shape of the entire hand of the wearer. Therefore the glove has the trim appearance of a leather glove while possessing the comfort and close-fitting qualities of a woolen glove, such qualities being substantially retained throughout its life.

The glove may be lined or unlined as desired.

The strip 5 may have a color contrasting to that of the portions 1 and 2 and thus provides in addition a means for producing a glove of distinctive appearance.

What is claimed is:

A dress glove comprising separate front and back portions of leather, each said portion including a body section extending from the hand opening of the glove and four digits projecting therefrom, said front portion including a thumb section sewn thereto, and a unitary strip of knitted material of uniform width throughout sewn to and connecting said front and back portions and extending continuously from the hand opening at the thumb side of the glove along said side of the glove adjacent and sewn to an edge of the base of said thumb section, around the ends of and between said digits to constitute forchettes, and along the other side of the glove to the hand opening on the latter side, said knitted strip including longitudinally extending ribs rendering the strip stretchable in directions transverse to the longitudinal direction of the fingers and hand.

References Cited in the iile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,661,951 Kurz Mar. 6, 1928 1,864,439 Johanson June 2l, 1932 2,226,604 Geissman c Dec. 31, 1940 2,504,553 Lindfelt Apr. 18, 1950 FOREIGN PATENTS 535,608 Great Britain Apr. 15, 1941 929,320 France Dec. 3, 1947 

